scorecard

noun

score·​card ˈskȯr-ˌkärd 

1

: a card for recording the score of a game

2

: a report or indication of the status, condition, or success of something or someone

Examples of scorecard in a Sentence

I always like to keep a scorecard when I watch a baseball game.

The candidate rates highly on the magazine's legislative scorecard.

Recent Examples on the Web

The boy mom ended the post with a snap of the scorecard, showing that the mother-son duo narrowly beat Fichera. —Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025

Five years ago, Dern outpointed her fellow Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt 29-28 on all three scorecards at UFC 256 in Las Vegas. —Brian Martin, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025

Missouri ranked 35th in cost and affordability, 32nd in access to care, 29th in quality of care and 28th in population health, according to The Commonwealth Fund’s scorecard. —Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025

Treating money as your identity or a social scorecard also leads to regret, while using it as a tool to create freedom has the opposite effect. —Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for scorecard

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard

Kids Definition

scorecard

noun

score·​card -ˌkärd 

: a card for recording the score (as of a game)